There is perhaps nothing more emblematic of the California beach lifestyle than the image of several surfboards stacked on the roof of a wood-bodied station wagon.

By the mid-Sixties, secondhand “woodie” wagons produced during the 1930s and 1940s had become stylistically and functionally an ultimate symbol of American surfing culture, and nowhere was this more apparent than in Southern California.

As an enthusiastic surfer and hot-rodder early on, the consignor fondly recalls days spent surfing with friends, their surfboards piled into his ’47 Ford woodie wagon.

In direct competition with Chrysler’s Royal and Plymouth’s Special Deluxe, the Ford Super Deluxe was among the finest, top-of-the-line wood-bodied station wagons available.

Hand built in limited numbers at Ford’s Iron Mountain facility, Super Deluxe bodies feature maple and birch framing over mahogany paneling.

Built over three years by the consignor and a consortium of notable specialists, the “Woodyator,” as it has been ...